Cauli-Cheese Pasta Bake

What do you get if you cross cauliflower cheese with macaroni cheese? Comfort food heaven.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 10  ounces pasta
• 1  small cauliflower, separated into florets
• 7⁄8 cup creme fraiche
• 2  teaspoons coarse grain mustard
•  salt and pepper
• 6 1⁄2 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, grated
• 2  tomatoes, cut into wedges

Directions

1. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Add the pasta, stir well, bring back to the boil and then cook, uncovered, for a couple of minutes. Tip in the cauliflower florets, bring back to the boil again and cook for a further 8-10 minutes until both the pasta and the cauliflower are tender but still firm to the bite. Drain well. Preheat a hot broiler.
2. Add the crème fraîche, mustard, salt and pepper and all but a good handful of the cheese to the pasta pan.
3. Stir over a low heat until the cheese just starts to melt. Tip the pasta and cauliflower into the cheese sauce and gently stir together. Season and transfer to a flameproof dish.
4. Scatter the tomatoes over the top followed by the rest of the cheese and some pepper. Broil for about 5 minutes until browned and bubbling.